The size of the Barbary lion

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It seems that, somehow, the desert avoided the expansion of the East African lions to the north, via the Nile River. Now, we most take in count also the Egyptians, which were a true barrier for any animal expansion.

Check this map from Dubach et al., (2013):

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It seems that it was a clear separation between the north African lions and those of Ethiopia. Older studies claimed that these lions were also Barbary (northern) specimens, but this study take a view on it and concluded that , in fact, they are still among the East African clade. Reply